Mandevilla plant named ‘Inmanboclp’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Inmanboclp’, characterized by its compact, upright and vining plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; moderately glossy dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; light red purple-colored flowers with darker red purple-colored venation and yellow orange-colored centers; and relative tolerance to low temperatures.

Botanical designation: Mandevilla sanderi.

Cultivar denomination: ‘INMANBOCLP’.

CROSS-REFERENCED TO CLOSELY-RELATED APPLICATIONS

Title: Mandevilla Plant Named ‘Inmanbochp’

Applicant: Birgit Hofmann

Filed: Concurrently with this application

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant, botanically known as Mandevilla sanderi and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Inmanboclp’.

The new Mandevilla plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Johannesburg, South Africa and Heidesheim, Germany. The objective of the breeding program is to create new freely branching Mandevilla plants that flower freely and have attractive flowers that resist fading and sun scald.

The new Mandevilla plant is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of Mandevilla sanderi ‘Inmanbocre’. The new Mandevilla plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within a population of plants of ‘Inmanbocre’ in a controlled greenhouse environment in Heidesheim, Germany in June, 2017.

Asexual reproduction of the new Mandevilla plant by vegetative cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Heidesheim, Germany since June, 2017 has shown that the unique features of this new Mandevilla plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Mandevilla have not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Inmanboclp’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Inmanboclp’ as a new and distinct Mandevilla plant:

-   -   1. Compact, upright and vining plant habit.     -   2. Moderately vigorous growth habit.     -   3. Freely branching habit.     -   4. Moderately glossy dark green-colored leaves.     -   5. Freely flowering habit.     -   6. Light red purple-colored flowers with darker red         purple-colored venation and yellow orange-colored centers.     -   7. Relatively tolerant to low temperatures.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of the mutation parent, ‘Inmanbocre’. Plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants of ‘Inmanbocre’ in flower color as plants of the new Mandevilla have light red purple-colored flowers with darker red purple-colored venation and yellow orange-colored centers whereas plants of ‘Inmanbocre’ have deep red-colored flowers.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of Mandevilla sanderi ‘Inmanbochp’, disclosed in a U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 16/350,761 filed concurrently. Plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants of ‘Inmanbochp’ in flower color as plants of the new Mandevilla have light red purple-colored flowers with darker red purple-colored venation and yellow orange-colored centers whereas plants of ‘Imnanbochp’ have red-colored flowers with yellow orange-colored centers.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can also be compared to plants of Mandevilla hybrida ‘Sunmandecripi’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 18,578. In side-by-side comparisons plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants ‘Sunmandecripi’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Mandevilla are smaller than plants of         ‘Sunmandecripi’.     -   2. Plants of the new Mandevilla have larger flowers than plants         of ‘Sunmandecripi’.     -   3. Plants of the new Mandevilla have light red purple-colored         flowers with darker red purple-colored venation and yellow         orange-colored centers whereas plants of ‘ Sunmandecripi’ have         darker red purple-colored flowers with orange-colored centers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Mandevilla plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the actual colors of the new Mandevilla plant.

The photograph on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Inmanboclp’ grown in a container.

The photograph on the second sheet is a close-up view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Inmanboclp’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations, measurements and values describe plants grown during the spring and summer in 11-cm containers with wooden support frames in a glass-covered greenhouse in Heidesheim, Germany and under cultural practices typical of commercial Mandevilla production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 20° C. to 40° C. and night temperatures ranged from 15° C. to 25° C. Plants were four months old when the photographs and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2015 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Mandevilla sanderi ‘Inmanboclp’. -   Parentage: Naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of Mandevilla     sanderi ‘Inmanbocre’. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—By vegetative cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About three weeks at             temperatures ranging from 20° C. to 35° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About three weeks at             temperatures ranging from 20° C. to 25° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About 20 to 25             days at temperatures ranging from 20° C. to 35° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About 25 to 30             days at temperatures ranging from 20° C. to 25° C.         -   Root description.—Thick, fleshy; typically white in color,             actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate             composition, water quality, fertilizers, substrate             temperature and physiological age of roots.         -   Rooting habit.—Low branching; medium density. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Upright and vining plant habit;             roughly broadly obovate in overall shape; moderately             vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of foliar plane.—About 27             cm.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of floral plane.—About 25.6             cm.         -   Plant diameter (spread).—About 32.1 cm.         -   Lateral branch description.—Branching habit: Freely             branching habit, primary lateral branches each with about             five secondary lateral branches. Length: About 17.7 cm.             Diameter: About 2 mm. Internode length: About 3.8 cm.             Aspect: Primary lateral branches, about 20° from vertical;             secondary lateral branches, about 30° from primary branch             axis. Strength: Strong. Texture and luster: Smooth,             glabrous; glossy; becoming woody with development. Color,             developing: Close to between 143B and 144A. Color,             developed: Close to 144A; when woody, close to N199C. -   Leaf description:     -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite, simple.         -   Length.—About 7 cm.         -   Width.—About 4.3 cm.         -   Shape.—Obovate to broadly elliptic.         -   Apex.—Short apiculate.         -   Base.—Truncate to obtuse.         -   Margin.—Entire; not undulate.         -   Texture and luster, upper surface.—Smooth, glabrous;             moderately coriaceous; moderately glossy.         -   Texture and luster, lower surface.—Smooth, glabrous;             moderately coriaceous; slightly glossy.         -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate.         -   Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Darker than 143A.             Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 146B. Full             expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to between 139A and             147A; venation, close to 143B. Fully expanded leaves, lower             surface: Close to 146B; venation, close to 145A.         -   Petioles.—Length: About 1.4 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm by             2.5 mm. Strength: Moderately strong. Texture and luster,             upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; slightly glossy. Texture             and luster, lower surface: Smooth, glabrous; moderately             glossy. Color, upper surface: Close to 144A. Color, lower             surface: Close to 144B. -   Flower description:     -   -   Flower type and flowering habit.—Single salverform flowers             arranged singly or in axillary cymes; flowers face mostly             outwardly to somewhat upright; freely flowering habit with             about two flowers per inflorescence and about 28 flower buds             and open flowers developing per plant.         -   Natural flowering season.—Plants flower continuously from             spring into the autumn in Germany; plants begin flowering             about ten weeks after propagation.         -   Flower longevity on the plant.—Individual flowers last about             ten days; flowers not persistent.         -   Fragrance.—None detected.         -   Inflorescence height.—About 8.9 cm.         -   Inflorescence diameter.—About 14.8 cm.         -   Flower buds.—Length: About 5.9 cm. Diameter: About 9 mm.             Shape: Narrowly oblanceolate. Texture and luster: Smooth,             glabrous; slightly glossy. Color: Distally, close to 56C to             56D; proximally, close to 145C; at the base, close to 145B.         -   Flowers.—Appearance: Flared trumpet, corolla fused and             five-parted. Diameter: About 8.3 cm. Depth (length): About             7.2 cm. Throat diameter: About 1.3 cm. Tube length: About             4.8 cm. Tube diameter: Proximally, about 3.5 mm; distally,             about 1.5 cm.         -   Corolla.—Quantity and arrangement: Five petals arranged in a             single whorl; lower 57.5% portion of the petals are fused             into a funnelform tube. Petal length: About 8.3 cm. Petal             width: About 3 cm. Petal shape and appearance: Roughly             spatulate. Petal apex: Apiculate. Petal margin: Entire;             moderately undulate. Petal texture and luster, upper             surface: Smooth, glabrous; moderately velvety; matte. Petal             texture and luster, lower surface: Smooth, glabrous;             slightly velvety; slightly glossy. Throat texture: Smooth,             glabrous; moderately velvety. Tube texture: Smooth,             glabrous; slightly velvety. Color: Petal, when opening,             upper surface: Close to 69B; fading distally to close to             69A; at the throat, small spots, close to 61D. Petal, when             opening, lower surface: Close to 69B; main vein, close to             N155C. Petal, fully opened, upper surface: Close to 69B to             69C; at the throat, small spots, close to 58C; venation,             close to 67C; color does not change with development. Petal,             fully opened, lower surface: Close to 69B to 69C; main vein,             close to 67D; color does not change with development.             Throat: Close to 23A; proximally, close to 145C; venation,             similar to lamina. Tube: Lighter than between 56D and 150D;             proximally, close to 145A to 145B; venation, similar to             lamina.         -   Calyx.—Quantity and arrangement: Five sepals arranged in a             single whorl. Calyx length: About 8 mm. Calyx diameter:             About 5 mm. Sepal length: About 7 mm. Sepal width: About             2 mm. Sepal shape: Lanceolate. Sepal apex: Narrowly             acuminate. Sepal base: Broadly cuneate. Sepal margin:             Entire. Sepal texture and luster, upper surface: Smooth,             glabrous; moderately glossy. Sepal texture and luster, lower             surface: Smooth, glabrous; slightly glossy. Sepal color:             When developing, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 145B;             tinged at the apex with close to 180C. Fully developed,             upper and lower surfaces: Close to 145B; fading towards the             base to close to 145A; tinged at the apex with close to             180C.         -   Peduncles.—Length: About 6.2 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm.             Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 20° from lateral branch             axis. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Color:             Close to 144A.         -   Pedicels.—Length: About 1.5 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm.             Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 25° from peduncle axis.             Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Color: Close             to 145B.         -   Reproductive organs.—Stamens: Quantity and arrangement:             Typically five; basifixed; anthers connivent. Filament             length: About 1.5 mm. Filament color: Close to 151D. Anther             shape: Narrowly oblong. Anther size: About 1 cm by 1.5 mm.             Anther color: Close to 161B to 161C. Pollen amount: None             observed. Pistils: Quantity: Typically one. Pistil length:             About 2.3 cm. Style length: About 2 cm. Style color: Close             to 145C. Stigma diameter: About 2 mm. Stigma shape:             Club-shaped, pointed. Stigma color: Close to 147D. Ovary             color: Close to 144B.         -   Seeds and fruits.—To date, seed and fruit production have             not been observed on plants of the new Mandevilla. -   Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of the new Mandevilla     have not been noted to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to     Mandevilla plants. -   Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Mandevilla have been     observed to tolerate temperatures ranging from about 5° C. to about     40° C. and to be suitable for USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 13. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Mandevilla plant named ‘Inmanboclp’ as illustrated and described. 